Differential reinforcement in verbal conditioning as a function of preference for the experimenter's voice.

Matthews, Gail; Dixon, Theodore R.

doi:10.1037/h0025283

Journal of Experimental Psychology

1968

DOI: 10.1037/h0025283

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Differential reinforcement in verbal conditioning as a function of preference for the experimenter's voice.

Gail Matthews¹,

Theodore R. Dixon²

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“…Finally, Matthews and Dixon (1968), varying pleasantness of E's voice, found that 5s reinforced in a pleasant tone showed conditioning, irrespective of awareness. However, the fact that pleasantness of E's voice was established using 5s other than those in the reported study and that only half of the unaware 5s reported even hearing the reinforcer make interpretation difficult.…”

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Subjective value of the reinforcer (RSv) and performance: Crux of the S-R versus cognitive mediation controversy.

Sallows¹,

Dawes²,

Lichtenstein³

1971

Journal of Experimental Psychology

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The effect of subjective value of the reinforcer (RSv) on performance in a sentence-construction, verbal conditioning task was examined. Sixty undergraduate males were randomly assigned to positive or negative reinforcement groups in which they were reinforced (E said "Good" and "Hmm," respectively) following sentences beginning with designated pronouns. After each sentence, 5s rated the pleasantness of the reinforcer or of E's silence. Awareness of the pronoun-reinforcement contingency was assessed by four separate procedures: a commonly used postconditioning interview, written "thoughts about the experiment," a simple recognition question, and a new card-sort technique. Using the most defensible criterion of awareness, only aware 5s who rated the reinforcer as more pleasant than silence showed significant performance change. Performance of unaware 5s was unaffected by the value of RSv. It was concluded that the effect of RSv on performance was mediated by awareness of the correct response-reinforcement contingency.

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Subjective value of the reinforcer (RSv) and performance: Crux of the S-R versus cognitive mediation controversy.

Sallows¹,

Dawes²,

Lichtenstein³

1971

Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Experimenter approval, social desirability, and statements of self-reference.

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1970

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Esteem and the Effectiveness of a Verbal Reinforcer

Helm

Brown

Tedeschi

1972

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Differential reinforcement in verbal conditioning as a function of preference for the experimenter's voice.

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

Subjective value of the reinforcer (RSv) and performance: Crux of the S-R versus cognitive mediation controversy.

Subjective value of the reinforcer (RSv) and performance: Crux of the S-R versus cognitive mediation controversy.

Experimenter approval, social desirability, and statements of self-reference.

Esteem and the Effectiveness of a Verbal Reinforcer

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